Is Asa Butterfield our new Spider-man?

So recently there was a shortlist of potential actors to play Spider-man released, names included Nat Wolff, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Timothee Chalamet and Liam James. Now it seems that a frontrunner has been named to play Peter Parker – Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield (that is one serious name).

Asa has starred in only a few movies but most of you will probably know him playing Ender in 2013’s Ender’s Game. Marvel seem to be really trying to make this Spider-man a teenager as Asa was born 1997, he has only recently turned 18 years old. This is a big difference from previous incarnations as Tobey Maguire was 26 when he played Peter Parker, Andrew Garfield was 28.

I quite enjoyed Ender’s Game and I thought Asa acted very well in it. What do you guys think? Is this the actor you wanted to play Spider-Man? Did you want a more well known actor to play Peter? Let us know in the comments?